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Monday, July 11, 2011

A letter from the Rebel

An anonymous reader sent me this lovely letter that was so sincere and uplifting that it deserved to be shared with our small community of runners. A community that welcomes with open arms all running rebels.

Vancouver, July 12, 2011

Dear PB,

Although the Rebel appears to be resistant and not so interested in all the running tidbits that the Guru and his disciples espouses, somehow their voices echo in her head as she is in the grocery store and ..... slowly a few cans of sardines and coconut water somehow ends up in her shopping cart.

The journey begins .... the voices continue so the Rebel finally checks out the website and with trepidation her fingers hit the submit button for a personalized running log. Oh no, what is happening to the Rebel as the blender whirls in the wee hours of the morning making a concoction of banana, strawberry, blueberry and blackberry smoothie with vanilla Soya milk. Hopefully it is only a phase ... or maybe not.

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Running on Sunday morning has been a part of my weekly routine since 1997 when two of my friends and I went for a run (walk) around the Stanley Park in Vancouver on a cold, rainy day in October. Came home exhausted, soaked, starving, but somewhat happy. I was hooked. My first two full-marathons in 2003 and 2005 didn't go well. I have followed a more rigorous training program since and did much better finishing Vancouver and Portland in 2009, Boston and Chicago in 2010, Eugene and New York in 2011, Berlin in 2012, Ottawa and Toronto in 2013, Ottawa and Washington in 2014. My favorite run is a 5K "commute-to-work" run along the canal here in Ottawa . Hope some of my posts on this blog will help other runners stay injury free, train better and run faster.
Run Strong!
Jacek Gorwa, RPB Editor